PAVES-O Plan for Writing
Name: Date: ___ Class: ______
Type of Writing (Circle one): Expository Narrative Persuasive Descriptive
M: A: P: T: ______
Audience’s knowledge level of subject: (circle) low ↓ medium → high ↑
Reason: ______
Audience’s attitude toward topic: (circle) negative - neutral √ positive +
Reason: ______
1. Point of view: (circle) 1st (I, me, us) 2nd (You) 3rd (They, him, her)
2. Perspective(s) in time (verb tense): (circle) past (did) present (does) future (will)
3. Personality adjective of writer/narrator ______
(Examples: knowledgeable, caring, angry, worried)
4. Person writing/narrating (role in society) ______
(Examples: student, teacher, policeman, reporter, friend)
Introduction:
Attention grabber: (quote, startling fact, personal story, thought provoking statement)
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Necessary background information: (Choose what is needed from who, what, where, when, why, or how)
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Thesis statement: What is the topic of your essay (all the ideas you are emphasizing)?
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Thinking Patterns: Label each support with the thinking pattern used. *
1. Define: examples, illustrate by describing, group ideas
2. Compare: different group-same qualities, different group-different qualities, degree of overall similarities/differences
3. Relate: If-then, cause & effect, contrary (same group-different qualities), contradiction (same group-similar qualities)
4. Circumstance (arguable): prove possible or impossible (prove could/could not happen), prove past or future fact (prove it did/will happen)
5. Evidence:: testimonial (personal experience), authority (legal, popular, books, documents), maxims (sayings believed
to be true), precedent (previous legal or authorized change), law (governing rules), statistics (data, research, surveys)
: (identify a general fact, feeling, or future idea and circle which one it is)
Summary of results—one sentence (What does all this information boil down to?)
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General fact, feeling or future statement about your topic—one or two sentences.
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How will your writing be organized? Circle one.
Time Importance
General to specific Specific to general
Senses Topic, supports, conclusion
Problem – solution Other: ______